Information processing method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device

An information processing apparatus, applied to a mobile terminal which is rendered with a graphical user interface (GUI), contents rendered on the GUI at least comprising part of a game scene, and at least one virtual character, the apparatus comprising:

• a first control module, configured to provide a first preset area on the GUI, providing a virtual joystick control in the first preset area, and in response to a first touch operation in the first preset area, controlling the movement of the virtual character in the game scene according to the first touch operation;
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• a second control module, configured to in a process of executing the first touch operation, wherein the first touch operation is continuously detected in the first preset area, in response to at least one second touch operation in the first preset area, acquiring an initial position of the at least one second touch operation, wherein the current touch state of the mobile terminal is multi-touch;
• when the initial position is located in a second preset area, determining that the at least one second touch operation is an invalid operation, controlling the movement of the virtual character according to the first touch operation, and when the initial position is located in a third preset area, controlling the movement of the virtual character according to the at least one second touch operation on the virtual joystick control wherein the first preset area comprises the second preset area, and the third preset area comprises an area other than the second preset area in the first preset area.